Feature Request: partials reusable over projects

[hk05]

From what I have seen so far, partials are great! However, they can be used only in the project that defines the partial. I would like to be able to use the partials in other projects as well.

For example: when creating multiple projects for the same client, I would like to be able to create a partial with contact details, a footer et al. When switching project for that client, it would be very convenient to reuse a partial defined in another project for that client.

Thanks!

[yourhead]

many people have requested this feature -- strangely no one had filed a bug. thanks!

to be honest, it's an intentional omission. "Saving" something to a place that's hidden deep inside your library is breaks the document idiom on Mac OS X. I knew this when creating user stacks -- but we thought it would be an OK exception -- we were wrong. So many users were confused by it. And that fundamental confusion made user-stacks less useful.

we wanted to make partials like user stacks -- but with less setup -- less required expertise AND more features.

we will likely add a way to save a partial similarly to a user stack in the future -- but i knew that would muddy the water while people got their head around how partials work -- so i intionally left out that feature and made partials do everything they need to do (save, load, get into the library when they need to and leave the library when they're unused) all completely automatically.

it is clear to me that having them be savable would come with a certain advantage -- and code-wise it's a no-brainer -- it's really just a matter of trying to make the learning curve a bit easier on this first launch.

[hk05]

Thanks for the quick reply and detailed explanation!

Just for what it is worth: personally I expected to be able to use the partial in a next project transparently. So to me, the learning curve is a bit steeper instead of easier (got confused as to why this was not working).

Either way, glad I purchased Stacks 3 and I really hope you find a way to add this feature at official launch or in the near future. Success!

[yourhead]

see yourhead/s4#10